JPS61156473A - Document writing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make efficient document writing by combining gradual constitution components which have been preserved and have been extracted at discretion so far with newly inputted constitution components. CONSTITUTION:Practicable codes are extracted from components which are reserved at a document constitution component accumulation means 8 by using input means 1. At this time a newly required constitution component is inputted by using the input means 1 and newly coded by a document format writing means 2 and real data extracting means 3 and furthermore a component indicating its suitability to objects is extracted from the document constitution component accumulation means 8. Supposing the components which are suitable for the objects are not preserved, these components are newly inputted and are compounded. And then they are preserved at document whole data accumulation measure 5 after obtaining codes which represent one of the document. When it is necessary to get the document, it is required to read out a codes group indicating a document out of the documents whole data accumulation means 5 so as to output. This system serves the purpose of increasing a document preparation efficiency considerably.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a form creation system used when creating a form in which characters, numbers, symbols, etc. are written in a plurality of frameworks.

[Technical background of the invention] For example, in a department that monitors the work status of specific work,
A device is used that inputs the control status of each device and outputs it in the form of letters or numbers written in a framework arranged in plural on a C1 form.

A form creation system in such an apparatus will be explained based on FIG. 4.

In the figure, 1 is an input means, 2 is a form format creation means that encodes the format specification of a form, and 3 is an entity that extracts and codes characters, numbers, etc. (hereinafter referred to as actual data) as data to be represented on the form. Data extraction means; 4 is an actual data storage means for sequentially storing actual data; 5 is an entire form data storage means for sequentially storing the data of the form to be obtained in the middle of the form; 6 is for converting the data of the entire form into a desired output format. The converting form output means 7 indicates the form to be obtained.

When creating a form 7 using this system, first set the contents of the form on a layout sheet, etc., and then use the input means 1.
Data representing the contents of the form is inputted from the computer, and each data is encoded by the form format creation means 2 and the actual data extraction means 3.

The actual data code is stored in the actual data storage means 4, and a code representing an entire document is synthesized from each code and stored in the entire document data storage means 5 for each document. Output in the desired format (display output, printer output, etc.).

[Problems with the evening festival technology] However, in the system described above, the data that is ultimately stored in the entire form data storage means 5 is a group of codes for each form, so from the entire form data storage means 5,
For example, it has been impossible to extract some of the constituent elements of an already created form, such as [only one framework and item], and use them as constituent elements of a newly created form.

For this reason, even if some of the contents of a newly created form are exactly the same as those of a previously created form, new input must be made, resulting in a problem of inefficiency.

[Objective of the Invention] The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an efficient form creation system that can reuse part of the contents of an already created form to create a new form. The purpose is

[Summary of the Invention] That is, the present invention provides a system for creating a form with contents in which letters or numbers are written in a plurality of frameworks, in which information indicating stepwise constituent elements of the form contents is input and combined, and 1. While creating one form, each of the step-by-step components is saved separately, the saved step-by-step components are arbitrarily extracted, and new components are input and combined to create the above-mentioned form. It is characterized by sequentially creating similar forms.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, details of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The form creation system of this embodiment has the following points: Each of the components of a created form is stored separately in a form component storage means, which will be described later, and there is a path between the actual data extraction means and the form format creation means. The present invention differs from conventional form creation systems in that information representing the correspondence between areas within the framework and actual data is also stored in form component storage means as a component of the form.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a form creation system according to the present invention. Note that parts common to those in FIG. 4 are given the same reference numerals.

In the figure, 1 is an input means, 2 is a form format creation means for encoding the format specification of a form, 3 is an actual data extraction means for extracting actual data and converting it into τ code, and 4 is an actual data storage for sequentially storing the actual data. means, 5 is a whole form data storage means for sequentially storing the data of the form to be obtained in unit of form; 6 is a form output means for converting the data of the whole form into a desired output form; 7 is the form to be obtained; 8 will be described later. Reference numeral 9 indicates a form structure designation means, which will also be described later.

When creating a form using the form creation system of this embodiment, first set the form of the framework and its arrangement, the form of the frame, the headings and items, and the actual data, and set the actual data on the input means 1. Data consisting of letters, numbers, command sentences, etc. representing these are inputted from the computer, and each data is encoded by the form format creation means 2 and the actual data extraction means 3. Then, the codes of the actual data are stored in the actual data storage means 4, and 1
Codes representing the entire document are combined and stored in the entire document data storage means 5 for each document.

Furthermore, the components for each stage are stored in the form component storage means 8.

When outputting a form, a code representing the entire form is read out from the entire form data storage means 5 and output.

Next, the case where a new form is created from this state will be explained.

First, using the input means 1, codes of usable components are extracted from the components stored in the form component storage means 8. The new component required at this point is input means 1.
, and is newly coded by the form format creation means 2 and the actual data extraction means 3. Furthermore, components showing a document structure that meets the purpose are extracted from the document component storage means 8. If a component matching the purpose is not saved, input a new one. Then, these are combined to obtain a code group representing one form and stored in the entire form data storage means 5.

When it is desired to obtain a form, it is sufficient to read out and output a code group representing one form from the entire form data storage means 5.

FIG. 2 is a diagram visually explaining the constituent elements of the above-mentioned form.

In the figure, 10 is a component showing the correspondence between the variable numerical value entry part of the form and actual data, 11 is a partial framework,
A component 12 indicates the item, its heading, etc., a component determines the layout of the entire document, that is, a framework arrangement and size, and 13 indicates the document to be finally obtained.

As is clear from the figure, in the form creation system of this embodiment, the contents of the form to be created are described by ``filling in the items and actual data in a frame, and arranging a table with headings in a predetermined order and size. Each component and element is set based on the concept of "our company's".

When creating a new form, the stored form components and actual data are arbitrarily extracted and combined with newly input components and actual data to create the form.

Note that newly set components are sequentially stored in the form component storage means 8 for later use.

However, in the system of this embodiment, the arrangement of the component 11 on the component 12, the arrangement of the component 11 and the component 10,
It is possible to extremely easily change the corresponding position with respect to the component 10 or change the component 10 itself. Furthermore, a form with complex contents in which many tables are arranged can be easily created by extracting or inputting simple constituent elements.

Next, the case where a form is actually created using the form creation system of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

Note that J3 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the form component storage means 8 in FIG.
, the portion corresponding to the form structure specifying means 9 is surrounded by a dotted line.

In order to distinguish between the components of a form, we use the term "binder".
, ``sheet,''``cell,'' and ``r piece.'' The meaning of each is as shown below.

Binder: Registration ledger of created forms. The storage location of the form being created is set within this binder.

Sheet: A single form with a set layout. A form in which an area for entering actual data and an area for entering headings are set on a single form.

Cell: Defines the form of the actual data entry area and heading entry area on the sheet. It can be thought of as a form of framework.

Piece: Partial area in each framework. A small area surrounded by a border where each actual data is written.

In FIG. 3, the form component storage means 8 includes a binder storage means 14, a sheet storage means 15, a cell storage means 16,
It is composed of piece storage means 17. Layout data 18 is stored in the sheet storage means 15, and frame data 19 and heading data 20 are stored in the cell storage means 16.
is stored, and the calculation formula data 2 is stored in the piece storage means 17.
Correspondence data 22 between 1, the actual data entry area, and the actual data is stored.

On the other hand, the form structure specifying means 9 includes a binder specifying means 23, a sheet specifying means 24, a cell specifying means 25, and a piece specifying means 26.

These specifying means 23 to 26 are means for setting the correspondence between the constituent elements stored in the respective saving means 14 to 17 of the form constituent element storage means 8.

When creating a form, first, binder specification means 2
3 searches the binder storage means 14 and creates a receptacle for the sheet being created. This fixes the binder.

Next, the sheet specifying means 24 searches the sheet storage means 15 or inputs new data to determine the layout of the form being created. This confirms the sheet.

Further, the cell specifying means 25 searches the cell storage means 16 or inputs new data to create a receptacle for the piece. This confirms the cell.

Furthermore, the piece designation means 26 is the piece storage means 17
Search for or enter new data to generate real data. This finalizes the piece.

In other words, the form creation system C of this embodiment sequentially determines the sheets in the binder, the cells in the sheets, and the pieces in the cells to create a new form.

As described above, the components such as sheets, cells, and pieces of a form created according to the Fi standard can be used from already created forms, so new input is required.

Furthermore, since components can be stored in advance for future use, the efficiency of creating forms is dramatically improved.

Note that it is preferable that the components of the form are stored automatically.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention provides a system for creating a form in which characters or numbers are entered in a plurality of frameworks, in which information indicating the stepwise constituent elements of the form content is input. While creating a single report, each of the step-by-step components is saved separately, the saved step-by-step components are arbitrarily extracted, and new components are input and combined. Since forms similar to the above-mentioned form are sequentially created, the efficiency of creating forms is dramatically improved.

In addition, forms with complex record contents can be easily created by simply combining simple components.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the form creation system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram visually showing the process of creating a form using the form creation system of FIG. 1, and FIG. Figure 3 is a block diagram that more specifically shows Figure 1.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional form creation system. 1 Input means 2 Form format creation means 3 Actual data extraction means 4 ...
・・・・・・Actual data storage means 5・・・・・・・
... Entire form data storage means 6 ......
. . . Form output means 7.13 . . . Form 8 . . . Form component storage means 9.
......... Form structure specification means 10.11.
12...Component 14...Binder storage means 15.
......Seed storage means 16...
......Cell storage means 17...
Piece storage means 18 Layout data 19 Frame data 20 Heading data 21...
......Calculation formula data 22...
. . . Correspondence data between the actual data entry area and the actual data 23 . . . Binder designation means 24.
......Sheet specification means 25...
......Cell specification means 26...
...Peace Designated Means Agent Patent Attorney Sasu Suyama - Figure 2

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a system that creates a form with letters or numbers written in multiple frameworks, information indicating the step-by-step constituent elements of the form content is input and combined to create a single form. Each of the step-by-step components is saved separately, the saved step-by-step components are arbitrarily extracted, and new components are input and combined to sequentially create forms similar to the above-mentioned form. A form creation system characterized by: (2) The stepwise components include at least information indicating the arrangement of frameworks on the form, information indicating the form of each framework, and information indicating the correspondence between letters, numbers, etc. written in each framework. A form creation system according to claim 1.